Five new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China
Abstract
Five new species belonging to the Meleonoma segregnatha group (Autostichidae, Periacminae) are described from China: M. acuminata sp. nov., M. crassispina sp. nov., M. dentitaeniana sp. nov., M. oxygona sp. nov. and M. valviafflata sp. nov.; M. brevicula Park, 2016 is newly recorded from China, and the female of M. circinans Wang & Zhu, 2020 is described for the first time. Images of both data sets adult and genitalia morphology are provided.
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